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Alluring details…

16 Monday Jan 2012

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© Khrystyana Kazakova

 Just as he has chosen the color of his tie to give her pleasure, so did she choose her perfume, every part of her toilette, her finest lingerie, although she knows that for the time being he will but surmise. For when all senses surge and pursue one another, she knows the sorcery of the unseen. –  Emil Ludwig

The art of love is in the details of seduction.

Model: Khrystyana Kazakova
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14 Beautiful Songs with “Summer” in the Title…

08 Monday Aug 2011

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© Khrystyana Kazakova

I can tell you my love for you will still be strong,
After the boys of summer have gone.
Don Henley 

1.  Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald – Summertime
2.  Janis Joplin – Summertime
3.  Eddie Cochran – Summertime Blues
4.  Seals & Croft – Summer Breeze
5.  Don Henley  – Boys of Summer
6.  Bryan Adams – Summer of ’69
7.  Chad & Jeremy – Summer Song
8.  Michel Legrand – Theme from Summer of ’42, The Summer Knows
9.  Percy Faith – Theme from a Summer Place
10. Lovin’ Spoonful – Summer in the City
11. Astrud Gilberto – So Nice, Summer Samba
12. The Motels – Suddenly Last Summer
13. The Doors – Summer’s Almost Gone
14. It’s a Beautiful Day – Hot Summer Day

Model: Khrystyana Kazakova

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Reclining Nudes…

02 Thursday Jun 2011

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© Khrystynana Kazakova

…the artist is he who can take a piece of flint and wring out of it drops of attar of roses.  – Walter Sickert

In celebration of the beautiful feminine form, here are my favorite reclining nude paintings – most of them by the Impressionists:

1.  Reclining Nude by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
2.  Reclining Nude by Richard Edward Miller
3.  Reclining Nude by Richard Edward Miller
4.  Reclining Nude by Isaac Israels
5.  Autumn by Frederick Carl Frieseke
6.  Large Reclining Nude (The Pink Nude) by Henri Matisse
7.  Reclining Nude by Jean Frédéric Bazille
8.  Olympia by Edouard Manet
9.  After the Bath or Reclining Nude by Edgar Degas
10. Reclining Nude by Edward Hopper
11. Reclining Nude by Douglas Hofmann
12. The Reclining Shepherdess by Berthe Morisot
13. Reclining Nude by Giovanni Boldini
14. Reclining Nude with Mirror by Delphin Enjolras
15. Reclining Nude by István Szőnyi
16. Reclining Woman Magenta Green and Orange by Beverly Brown
17. Reclining Nude by Amedeo Modigliani
18. Nude with Hands behind Head by Amedeo Modigliani
19. Nude by Salvador Dali
20. Mornington Crescent Nude by Walter Sickert

Lady in Red…

29 Sunday May 2011

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© Khrystyana Kazakova

I want to reach that condensation of sensations that constitutes a picture.
Henri Matisse

I was surprised how few of my favorite artists painted portraits of women wearing red dresses. Here are some beautiful ones I found:

1.  Lady in Red by Murat Kaboulov
2.  La Femme en Rouge by Giovanni Boldini
3.  The Lady in Red by Giovanni Boldini
4.  Madame Juillard in Red by Giovanni Boldini
5.  Mrs. Charles E. Inches (nee Louise Pomeroy) by John Singer Sargent
6.  Portrait of a Lady in Red by Sandro Botticelli
7.  Woman in Red by Jacqui Faye
8.  Portrait of a Woman in Red Dress by Anna Bilińska-Bohdanowicz
9.  Portrait of a Lady in Red by Jacopo Pontormo
10. Study of a Woman in Red by Jean-Jacques Henner
11. The Small Cowper Madonna by Raphael Sanzio
12. Helnwein Child by Raphael Sanzio
13. Portrait of a Woman in a Red Dress – Pierre Auguste Renoir

Model: Khrystyana Kazakova

Ten Beautiful Children’s Picture Books…

15 Sunday May 2011

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© Khrystyana Kazakova

Children are made readers on the laps of their parents.  – Emile Buchwald

I love the illustrations in children’s books. Tasha Tudor fans may be interested to know that the Medici Society in London published some of the most beautiful paperback picture books that I have ever seen. They may still be found in used books stores, particularly in Britain and Canada. Many of the authors’ work is still for sale in the form of posters, postcards, and prints.

Here are the books my children liked the best from the series:

1.  An ABC For You And Me by Margaret Tempest.
2.  An Alphabet by Molly Brett
3.  Katy Laura and The Dream Boat by Elizabeth Foster
4.  Poems illustrated by Sandy Nightingale
5.  The Margaret Tempest Picture Book
6.  Tom and the Enchanted Flute by Jean Gilder
7.  The Adventures of Plush and Tatty by Molly Brett
8.  Let’s Meet Some Baby Birds by Ella Bruce
9.  The Racey Helps Picture Book with verses by Celia Barlow
10. Freddy the Teddy by Audrey Tarrant

Model – Khrystyana Kazakova

Riches…

15 Friday Apr 2011

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© Laura Tillinghast

Anne Shirley: You know something, Diana? We are rich. We have sixteen years to our credit, and we both have wonderful imaginations. We should be as happy as queens.
[gestures to the setting sun]
Anne Shirley: Look at that. You couldn’t enjoy its loveliness more if you had ropes of diamonds.
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery, screenplay by Kevin Sullivan and
Joe Wiesenfeld 

We are temporary stewards to all that surrounds us.

Model: Khrystyana Kazakova

Photo Shoot…

10 Sunday Apr 2011

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© Erwin

When I die I want to go to Vogue. – David Bailey

I recently featured a post about Scarves featuring Miri Ekshtein’s photographs.

HERE is a behind the scenes look at what it takes to produce such beautiful fashion images.

Stylists: Cecilia Aragon, Anneliese Alegria, Anne Marie Cabonce
Models: Khrystyana Kazakova & Lauren DiMarco
Outfits: Baroque Clothing
Film & editing: PJ Flores of 4 Dub Ent.
Music score: 4 Dub Ent.

Hot Tin Roof…

26 Saturday Mar 2011

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© Mua Janet Mariscal

What is the victory of a cat on a hot tin roof?
Just staying on it I guess, as long as she can.
from Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Sometimes surrendering is not an option.

Model: Khrystyana Kazakova

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Scarves…

18 Friday Mar 2011

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© Miri Ekshtein – detail

Scarf – an article of dress of a light and decorative character.

I have a penchant for beautiful scarves! My favorite silk patterned ones were purchased at flea markets in Lisbon, Santa Fe, and San Francisco. I drape them around my shoulders mostly but have never had the panache to wear them in the dramatic way shown above.

I did, however, buy a crimson suede-fringed scarf on vacation in Morocco that seemed very chic, but once I got home it looked more like Davy Crockett meets Little Red Riding Hood and I never wore it.

© Miri Ekshtein

Models – Lauren DiMarco and Khrystyana Kazakova